Well last night my power went off while I was on the computer and when we got it back on my computer worked fine. I don't know if that has anything to do with it but it's just a bit of extra information just in case. I get on my computer tonight for the first time since then and I can't get any programs to work. I'll double click on the icons and the desktop and the hourglass will show up for about 10-20 seconds like it wants to open the program, but then it goes away and nothing happens. I've tried clicking on the icons in my start menu as well as try run but it won't work. I tried restarting my computer hoping it would fix the problem but of course the computer won't restart, it does the hourglass thing, and then I have to resort to shutting down improperly. After restarting a few times improperly I tried running Mozilla's Firefox browser and it works. But that's it. That's the only program that will work. I've already tried several suggested solutions like this http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;555067 and I've also tried using a program by McAfee that was designed to get rid of the Sircam virus and it didn't find anything. So at the moment I'm pretty much stuck, I would run anti virus programs but obviously I can't. I also have the problem of only being able to use Firefox so any online scanners thus far aren't compatible with the browser. Still can't open programs and can't shut down my computer properly I'm on a Dell with Windows XP and I have the latest security pack which hasn't caused me a problem in the past 2 months so I don't know if that would be a factor If anyone can offer any help it would be appreciated! I can only open all programs in safe mode. Here's a hijack log Logfile of HijackThis v1.97.7 Scan saved at 11:16:53 PM, on 12/21/2004 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.exe C:\Documents and Settings\Heather\My Documents\HijackThis.exe R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.dellnet.com/ R1 - HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Default_Page_URL = http://www.rr.com R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main,Window Title = Microsoft Internet Explorer provided by Roadrunner R1 - HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings,ProxyOverride = ;127.0.0.1;http://localhost; O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DVDSentry] C:\WINDOWS\System32\DSentry.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [TkBellExe] "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Real\Update_OB\realsched.exe" -osboot O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AdaptecDirectCD] "C:\Program Files\Roxio\Easy CD Creator 5\DirectCD\DirectCD.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [DwlClient] C:\Program Files\Common Files\Dell\EUSW\Support.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [HPDJ Taskbar Utility] C:\WINDOWS\System32\spool\drivers\w32x86\3\hpztsb06.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [Ad-watch] C:\Program Files\Lavasoft\Ad-aware 6\Ad-watch.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [VirusScan Online] "c:\PROGRA~1\mcafee.com\vso\mcvsshld.exe" O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [MPFExe] C:\PROGRA~1\McAfee.com\PERSON~1\MpfTray.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [nwiz] nwiz.exe /install O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [WyvernWorks Firewall] C:\Program Files\WyvernWorks\Firewall 2003\Firewall.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [BCMSMMSG] BCMSMMSG.exe O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [QuickTime Task] "C:\Program Files\QuickTime\qttask.exe" -atboottime O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [KernelFaultCheck] %systemroot%\system32\dumprep 0 -k O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [AVG_CC] C:\Program Files\Grisoft\AVG6\avgcc32.exe /startup O8 - Extra context menu item: &AIM Search - res://C:\Program Files\AIM Toolbar\AIMBar.dll/aimsearch.htm O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Sun Java Console (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: AIM (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Real.com (HKLM) O9 - Extra button: Messenger (HKLM) O9 - Extra 'Tools' menuitem: Windows Messenger (HKLM) O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O10 - Unknown file in Winsock LSP: c:\windows\system32\apptoport.dll O16 - DPF: {0E5F0222-96B9-11D3-8997-00104BD12D94} (PCPitstop Utility) - http://www.pcpitstop.com/pcpitstop/PCPitStop.CAB O16 - DPF: {166B1BCA-3F9C-11CF-8075-444553540000} (Shockwave ActiveX Control) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/director/sw.cab O16 - DPF: {31B7EB4E-8B4B-11D1-A789-00A0CC6651A8} (Cult3D ActiveX Player) - http://www.cult3d.com/download/cult.cab O16 - DPF: {74D05D43-3236-11D4-BDCD-00C04F9A3B61} (HouseCall Control) - http://a840.g.akamai.net/7/840/537/2004061001/housecall.trendmicro.com/housecall/xscan53.cab O16 - DPF: {D27CDB6E-AE6D-11CF-96B8-444553540000} (Shockwave Flash Object) - http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab O16 - DPF: {DC187740-46A9-11D5-A815-00B0D0428C0C} - http://ds1.downloadtech.net/cn1060/pcpowerscan.cab

Judging by your Hjack file, you may want to try http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm and also Spybot S&D which you will probably find at majorgeeks.com I'm new and I'm willing to learn and I'll give you advice when it's my turn